Backing up restored server to new backup destination

Hope the title makes sense. I have a backup of a server that has gone through penetration testing, having been restored several times during the process. The vulnerabilities are being fixed as we speak. What I would like is to create a backup of the server post-hardening so that I have a tklbam snapshot of the pre-hardening and post-hardening configurations. Is that possible?

I'm hesitant to just give tklbam-backup a go on the hardened server for fear of overwriting the backup of the unhardened version, which I want to keep.

Thanks in anticipation.

Replies (3)

To clarify: these are 2 separate servers now?

Reply 1 2015-08-28

If they are the same server then a new backup record will be created, but it will be the same backup ID if you get what I mean? Same server; new backup... You should be able to reinitialise tklbam so that it does create a new backup ID (essentially a new server as far as tklbam is concerned) although I don't recall the steps OTTOMH.

If you have actually restored to a new server (i.e. the old server still exists and now you have a new one) then a backup will auto create a new backup ID. So new server; new backup...

Also note that whilst a snapshot makes sense in the context that you use it; in the Hub "snapshots" and "tklbam backups" are totally separate and different things. As you know "tklbam backups" are a small compact backup of the important parts of a TurnKey server. "Snapshots" are a complete filesystem image. They are a quick, easy way of doing things, however they are large in size and potentially volatile so not suitable as a standalone backup.

Sorry for super slow reply...

Reply 2 2015-09-02

But yes that's right. FWIW you can edit the server label so they are more identifiable! :)

Just to make sure...

Reply 3 2015-08-28

Thanks Jeremy.

I restored to a new server - in fact have done so several times. So I have four or five servers all labelled "Micro Wordpress" in my hub. So if I use tklbam-backup on the latest one, it will create an entirely new full backup?